Orders came that we should spade the trench in an hour.
The hermit thanked him, handed the emperor the spade, and then sat down on the ground to rest.
He thinks he's going to black out and he stops his digging, steadying himself on the green handle of the spade.
The Sunday Leader has been a controversial newspaper because we say it like we see it: whether it be a spade, a thief or a murderer, we call it by that name.
My partner surprised me by leading with a spade.
It's hard to work this soil with such an old spade.
For the usage of the spade soil opener in a punch planter the precision metering device with declined scoop type disc was selected for maize seeds.
He was digging potatoes with a spade.
My diaire, without any wish to make anybody's hair stand on end or flesh creep, is to call a spade a spade.
The emperor put down the spade and said to the hermit, "I came here to ask if you could answer my three questions.
I spade compost into the flower beds.
The gardener, spade on back, replied in the most unconcerned tone
The labor was obviously hard on him. He was an old man, and each time he thrust his spade into the ground to turn the earth, he heaved heavily.
For young kids a pail and spade make a good gift or even a colorful beach ball.
She got a spade and laid to with the others.
My father used a special spade for digging turf.
His spade hits the earth marking only a stunted notch in the desiccated soil.
The dumb village multitudes pass on unchanging; the feel of the spade in the hand is no different for all our talk: good seasons and bad follow each other as of old.
Still, most field work was done with hand tools like the spade, hoe, and scythe, or with hand- or animal-driven plows.
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